May 18, 2007

Newsom - Christian Blackout is a Fallacy!

I have to admit I was sucked into this too. I was sure that none of the mainstream media had touched this. I checked my google news and found nothing. I looked at Snopes and found what I thought was the truth. Well, we've been had. The Associated Press wrote multiple stories on this case. Both Fox News and ABC News published these reports. There was no blackout on this incident. It's just one of many sad, sad stories that didn't grow legs.

Does this make the story any less gruesome? No. Could there still be underlying race issues in the case? Yes. All that happened was a sick, sad, grotesque case didn't get read by Paula Zahn or Emma Pemaraju. It's one of many sad cases that go by the wayside.

I'm not here to bring anybody down about this case. I still believe it has legs that people have overlooked. I would just like to set the record straight about things. The mainstream media did cover the case.

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May 17, 2007

Missed Brutality - The Christian Newsome Murders

I'll be writing more people later. Here's the starter:

Sean,

I'm not sure if you've seen this or not, but it deserves a bit more media attention than what it's getting. In January there was a brutal double kidnapping, rape and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Tennessee. It's a completely legitimate story. Local news articles, a wikipedia entry and a snopes entry all exist on this. Unfortunately, there are no entries for Fox News, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, NYT, etc. for this horrific event. One possible explanation for this lack of outrage is that the perpatrators are all black while the victims were white. I understand how some things can get missed but there is a growing number of people concerned about this. If you go bring this to light it would help a great deal.

Thank you

Validity links:

Charlie Daniels speaks:
http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2007-050707.htm

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom_Murder

Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp

Local coverage:
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5277265,00.html

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Sent to:
http://www.hannity.com/index/contact-form
http://boortz.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi?id=boortz
Rush doesn't allow incoming mail unless you pay him....ass...

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May 16, 2007

A letter to Pelosi: Try this Timeline.

Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi,

I am a drilling reservist for the Navy that will soon be feeling the effects of the current empasse detailed in the emergency war spending bill. The funding for my September drill has already been redirected to the Army withy August's drill funding soon to be reallocated. If something is not put forward that will be passable to the President soon more than just reservist drill pay will have to be redirected. Next to come will be support services and many people may lose their jobs.

Now I'm not writing to pester you to give in to the President. I wouldn't have bothered if I didn't think there is a possible solution to this standoff. There is a viable solution that should satisfy those that want to "stay the course" and those that want a timetable for withdrawal.

We are all well aware that the President will veto anything coming from the legislature setting a definitive timeline for withdrawal. This point has been proven. However, if this timetable came from the Iraqi government itself he should have no recourse but to follow the will of the freely elected Iraqi people. Presently, there is such a bill being worked on that will more than likely pass the Iraqi legislature in some form or another. Current rumors state that this will be a "non-binding" resolution but you can do more with it and solve the standoff at the same time.

All you have to do is tie the emergency war spending bill to the timeline set forth by the Iraqi government. Simply make it so the milestones set forth in the Iraqi bill are required to be enforced by the U.S. Government. This will enable the house and senate with a descript timeline and will also provide the president with a method of "following the will of the Iraqi people". It would be a win-win situation in my opinion.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully,

Jeremy H. Bol

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Sent to here:
http://www.speaker.gov/contact/

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May 14, 2007

An Iraqi Pullout I Might Agree With.

No, I'm not talking about anything proposed by the U.S. Government. I'm talking to the bill on the table in Iraq. It's being explained as "a non-binding agreement" for Americans to leave. LINK

Iraqi MPs are gathering votes to force their government to set a deadline for US forces to withdraw from the country and think they have a majority, a leading Shi’ite politician said yesterday.

Hey, if the Iraqis think they got a handle on things by all means let them take control. I'm a tad sceptical since this is at least partially an "Al Sadr" drive, but if Iraq's government is cool with it we should all be cool with it. After all, it's their country isn't it?

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May 13, 2007

A Model Arabic Country

I'm talking about Turkey.

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of secular Turks demonstrated on the seafront of Turkey's third-largest city on Sunday, fearful that the Islamic-rooted government is conspiring to impose religious values on society.

At least some arabs are willing to fight for their secular freedom. For some reason I doubt there will ever be a reason for the U.S. to invade Turkey. They seem to have themselves under control.

Edit:
Oh my! It appears has boosted the numbers of attendees and added some pictures! No, the sea of red does not mark the return of communism. It's simply another color of freedom of religion. They're saying no to sharia.

Here's the article.

And an quote (note, this is the fourth rally this month and nobody murdered.)

IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) - At least a million people took to the streets in Turkey's third city on Sunday for the fourth major rally in a month against the Islamist-rooted government ahead of elections in July.

I really want to steal the Reuters photos, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just point you to them:

PHOTOS

Here's one from Eitb:

Just awe inspiring.

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